Feb-April
2008
Further clearing and hedge and tree planting.
Time for a brief pause
as Mike's former student chums visit for the weekend. (Sorry
Nick this one's the funniest)
To speed up the clearance, Mike steps in as dumper driver...
...a role he takes very
seriously.
Matt and Mike turn their
attention to a dead conifer at the bottom of the plot.
The tree had grown
around an old irrigation pipe, so Matt has to use a chainsaw to cut it out.
Peter Wallin takes charge
on tree planting day.
Mike lends a hand once
again, digging holes for the trees - only 29 more to go...
Luckily, he has help
from Matt - and his dog, Diesel!
Lizzie helps fill the
holes back in after planting.
As well as the trees,
we've planted over 800 mixed hedging plants to define the boundaries of the
plot.
Lizzie wraps each plant
in an 'anti bunny tube' to guard against unwanted nibbling.
Mike tries out the newly
reopened footpath that runs across the bottom of our land.